Hinged cover for molasses-cups



(No Model.) A. TAPLIN.

HINGED GVBR FOR MLASSES CUPS.

No. 387,826. Patented Aug. .1.4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ALVIN TAPLIN, OF FORESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

HINGED COVER FOR MOLASSESCUPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,826, dated August14, 1888.

Application filed December 14, `18%?. Serial No. 257,353, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN TAPLIN, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Forestville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and nseful Improvements in HingedCovers for Molasses-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hinged covers for molasses cups;and the object of my invention is to so construct the hinge that itshall be better protected from contact with the contents of the cup, andso that, substantially, no openings are left in the cup at or near thehinge.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan View of the rim of mymolassescup with the hinged cover removed. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe rim and hinged cover of said cup. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of thesame on line a: of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged View, showing aportion ofthe cover and rim in section and the hinge in side elevation.

A designates the rim, and B the cover, both of ordinary construction,with the exception of the openings in the rim near the hinge. rihc mainportion of the handle a is of ordinary form, and the shank or middleportion of its lower end extends through a horizontal slot in the coverjust above the flanged base b, where it is secured by solder in theordinary manner. Freni the edges of the handle, at a point outside ofthecover, I extend hingelugs c c, the same extending first downward andthen inward, the ends being perforated for the reception ofthehinge-pintle d. This construction enables the hinge-lugs to passhorizontally under the base b of the cover B and into the rim A, asshown. It is therefore necessary to merely make vertical slits in therim to admit the hinge-lugs, so that there is no opening on the topofthe rim through which the molasses or the like caught on the top ofsaid rim may run, neither is there any large horizontal opening betweenthe hinge-lugs. The pintle is secured with its ends resting inperforations in the rim A, and a closing' spring, g, surrounds thepintle, with one tangential arm bearing on the under side of the rim,(sec Figs. 3 and 4,) and its other arm bearing on the under side of thehandle, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a small opening being formed throughthe body of the rim by the side of one hinge-lug for the passage of saidspring-arm. (See Fig. 2.)

I am aware that hinged covers for molassescups have heretofore been madewith a similar cover and rim, the hinge-lugs being formed on theshank ofthehandle and extending downward from a point inside the base of thecover into the top of the rim, the pintle having its ends secured toperforations in the rim and being surrounded with a closing-spring. Thisconstruction necessitated cutting quite a large opening in the top ofthe rim, through which molasses or sirop would run and come in contactwith the spring and hinge. The opening also occupied a position sonearly coincident with the vertical side of the rim that an opening wasmade in the body of the rim which extended over all the space betweenthe hinge- ]ugs, thereby leaving the hinge exposed to rim into the cup.Such a hinged cover is hereby disclaimed.

I claim as my invention- The herein-described cover, hinge, and rim formolasses-cups, said hinge being provided with a middle portion securedto the cover, and side lugs, c c, which extend downward at a pointoutside ofthe cover and then inward through slots in the rim to thepintle d at a point within said rim, substantially as described, and forthe purpose specified.

ALVN TAPLIN.

XVitnesses:

G. S. TREADWAY, W. H. GRAHAM.

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